biography
pronunciation:
[amahdoo]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–2001)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Ferradas, near Ilhéus, NE Brazil. He spent part of his childhood on a cacao plantation in NE Brazil, and his early writing focused on the poverty and social conditions of the plantation workers. He became a journalist in 1930, was imprisoned for his political beliefs in 1935, and spent several periods in exile. He was elected a Communist deputy of the Brazilian parliament (1946–7). His novels include Terras do sem-fin (1944, trans The Violent Land), Gabriela, cravo e canela (1958, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon), and Tenda dos milagres (1969, Tent of Miracles). |
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